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Development and design of a narrow-gauge hydrogen-hybrid locomotive
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Coombe, D., Fisher, P., Hoffrichter, Andreas, Kent, S., Reed, D., Rowshandel, H., Tutcher, J., Entezami, M., Hillmansen, S., Bevan, A., Book, D., Dickerson, R., Harris, I., Roberts, C., Sperin, K., Stewart, E., Yeo, G. and Zentani, A. (2016) Development and design of a narrow-gauge hydrogen-hybrid locomotive. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit, 230 (1). pp. 181-192. doi:10.1177/0954409714532921 ISSN 0954-4097.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0954409714532921
Abstract
Hydrogen used as an energy carrier is a promising alternative to diesel for autonomous railway motive power, but, globally, few prototypes exist. In 2012, the Institution of Mechanical Engineers held the inaugural Railway Challenge, in which the participating teams had to develop, design and construct a locomotive to run on 10.25 inch (260.35 mm) gauge track while meeting certain set design criteria as well as competing in operational challenges. The University of Birmingham Railway Challenge Team’s locomotive design is described in this paper. The vehicle is the UK’s first hydrogen-powered locomotive and is called Hydrogen Pioneer. The drive-system consists of a hydrogen tank, a 1.1 kW proton-exchange-membrane fuel cell stack, a 4.3 kWh battery pack and two 2.2 kW permanent-magnet traction motors. The development of the locomotive, from the original concept to the final design, and the design validation are all presented in this paper. The locomotive completed successfully all challenges through which the proof of the concept of a hydrogen-hybrid locomotive was established.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Engineering > WMG (Formerly the Warwick Manufacturing Group) | ||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit | ||||||
Publisher: | Sage Publications Ltd. | ||||||
ISSN: | 0954-4097 | ||||||
Official Date: | 1 January 2016 | ||||||
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Volume: | 230 | ||||||
Number: | 1 | ||||||
Page Range: | pp. 181-192 | ||||||
DOI: | 10.1177/0954409714532921 | ||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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